The International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) is an association of some 200 railway undertakings and shipping companies which provide international passenger and/or freight services. 120 organisations are members in their own right, 80 organisations are linked indirectly by being members of CIT associate members. The CIT is an association under Swiss law (Article 60 et seq. ZGB [Swiss Code of Civil Law]) and is based in Bern.
Bern, 24 May 2012 (pdf)
This conference is intended for the staff of the claims, sales and legal departments of CIT member undertakings. It will focus on current issues, such as the international movement of dangerous goods by rail, the collaboration of dangerous goods safety advisers with the claims departments and the optimisation of their work, in addition to collaboration with other modes of transport ‒ primarily road hauliers.
At this year’s Freight Claims Departments’ Conference, the focus will be on identifying and collating our requirements for the approaching revision of COTIF.
Odessa, 1 June 2012 (PDF)
The seminar that has been arranged for 1 June 2012 in Odessa by the CIT in cooperation with the OTIF and the OSJD and with the support of the Ukrainian freight forwarding company “AO Plaske“ is entitled “Multimodal shipments and their significance for the railway undertakings“.
The following seminar topics will be discussed with leading experts in the field:
The CIT/OTIF/OSJD seminar will provide an excellent opportunity to be brought up to date on the work currently dealing with a multitude of questions relating to multimodality focusing on rail-sea traffic on the Black Sea. The seminar will appeal to representatives of railways, maritime carriers and customers who are interested in the development of global rail freight shipments using multimodal rail-sea transport services.
CIT Info 2/2012 [PDF]
